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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's why student who want to defer should not be allowed to do so.  They should have to reapply next year.  [/quote]

Yes because they haven't been screwed over enough this year.[/quote]

So because one kid doesn’t want to start school online in the fall they get to screw another kid out of a spot in a college altogether? How is that fair? Play the hand your dealt. [/quote]

They are playing the hand they are dealt. Their play is to defer. You act like that is what the seniors want.  They want to go to school in Fall 2020. Deferring is a sacrifice.

Why can't your junior take a bit of the hit? They will get to be a second semester senior, prom, etc.  Come on, teach your kid to be a good team member - they need to carry their share of the burden.  They are basically getting to skate by on half of what is supposed to be the hardest academic year (open book APs, pass/fail classes). [/quote]

I think it's pretty selfish to think that seniors are the only students suffering in this.  My junior is at a private school where they are not doing pass/fail, she missed her SAT that she had been training for and then the next two got cancelled as well, her spring varsity season was cancelled and this is one that colleges look at for recruiting, her prospect days were cancelled and she needs to start the pre read process soon with no scores and limited information about the schools.  She will likely be fine because she's a recruited athlete and far ahead of her peers in terms of narrowing her college choices but I do feel for other juniors who have been dealing with cancelations as well (junior prom, junior ring ceremony, junior summer abroad trips all cancelled).

Class of 2021 is not in a good position so please don't say they're not "carrying their share of the burden".[/quote]

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